Water treatment plant as well as a method and computer program for operating a water treatment plant

Abstract

A water treatment plant is described having a filter element situated between a water inlet line for raw water and a water discharge line for purified water, having a pump unit for pumping, in particular pressing and/or drawing, the water through the filter element, having at least one purifying unit for the filter element, having sensors for detecting water properties, and having a control unit connected to the sensors for activating the at least one purifying unit. It is provided that the control unit includes a computer program for adaptively activating the at least one purifying unit or adaptively changing the volume flow of the pump unit. Furthermore, a method for operating a water treatment plant and a computer program is also described.

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         9 . A water treatment plant, comprising:
 a filter element situated between a water inlet line for raw water and a water discharge line for purified water;   a pump unit for pumping by at least one of pressing and drawing the water through the filter element;   at least one purifying unit for the filter element;   at least one sensor for detecting water properties; and   a control unit connected to the at least one sensor for activating the at least one purifying unit;   wherein the control unit includes a computer program for at least one of (i) independently adjusting activation of the at least one purifying unit as a function of water properties detected by the at least one sensor, and (ii) independently adjusting a change of the volume flow of the pump unit as a function of the water properties detected by the at least one sensor.   
     
     
         10 . The water treatment plant of  claim 9 , wherein the control unit has a storage unit for storing sensor data. 
     
     
         11 . The water treatment plant of  claim 9 , wherein an operating unit, which is coupled to the control unit, provides for the selection of operating parameters and for the input of data regarding the operating parameters. 
     
     
         12 . The water treatment plant of  claim 9 , wherein the filter element is a membrane filter, which is a hollow fiber filter element. 
     
     
         13 . The water treatment plant of  claim 9 , wherein sensors additionally connected to the control unit are provided for detecting one of (i) the energy consumption of the pump unit, and (ii) at least one of the energy consumption and material consumption of other components of the water treatment plant. 
     
     
         14 . A method for operating a water treatment plant, the method comprising:
 processing, with the control unit for activating the at least one purifying unit or for regulating the flow rate on pump unit, measured values of operating parameters detected by sensors in at least one algorithm; and   adaptively activating the at least one purifying unit or the pump unit as a function of the instantaneously detected measured values of the sensors while taking into consideration the optimization of one or a plurality of direct or indirect operating parameters;   wherein the water treatment plant includes:
 a filter element situated between a water inlet line for raw water and a water discharge line for purified water; 
 a pump unit for pumping by at least one of pressing and drawing the water through the filter element; 
 at least one purifying unit for the filter element; 
 at least one sensor for detecting water properties; and 
 a control unit connected to the at least one sensor for activating the at least one purifying unit. 
   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the at least one purifying unit or the pump unit is activated while taking into consideration the chronological sequence of the measured values of the sensors stored in a memory unit. 
     
     
         16 . A computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a processor, comprising:
 a program code arrangement having program code for operating a control unit of a water treatment plant by performing the following:
 processing, with the control unit for activating the at least one purifying unit or for regulating the flow rate on pump unit, measured values of operating parameters detected by sensors in at least one algorithm; and 
 adaptively activating the at least one purifying unit or the pump unit as a function of the instantaneously detected measured values of the sensors while taking into consideration the optimization of one or a plurality of direct or indirect operating parameters; 
 wherein the water treatment plant includes:
 a filter element situated between a water inlet line for raw water and a water discharge line for purified water; 
 a pump unit for pumping by at least one of pressing and drawing the water through the filter element; 
 at least one purifying unit for the filter element; 
 at least one sensor for detecting water properties; and 
 a control unit connected to the at least one sensor for activating the at least one purifying unit.